Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard P. Feynman

Just as a poet often has license from the rules of grammar and pronunciation, we should like to ask for 'physicists' license from the rules of mathematics in order to express what we wish to say in as simple a manner as possible.

Richard Dawkins

Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things.

Richard Dawkins

A God capable of continuously monitoring and controlling the individual status of every particle in the universe cannot be simple. His existence is going to need a mammoth explanation in its own right.

Rick Riordan

Frank held up the Chinese handcuffs. “Keep it simple.

William Shenstone

Glory relaxes often and debilitates the mind; censure stimulates and contracts,--both to an extreme. Simple fame is, perhaps, the proper medium.

William Morris

Free men must live simple lives and have simple pleasures.

William J. Clinton

The simple fact is that we must not-and we will not-surrender our borders to those who wish to exploit our history of compassion and justice.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

Old ladies photographed by CBS who announced that they would die of malnutrition if Reagan's bill were passed could probably have saved themselves their impending penury by the simple device of applying to the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists for scale every time they were featured by Dan Rather or whoever.

Rebecca Stead

Well, it's simple to love someone," she said. "But it's hard to know when you need to say it out loud.

Bryan Ball

I was just battling. Trying to give us a chance.

Kevin Madden

It can be done without trying to browbeat people.

Drew Brees

We're trying to be that franchise that year-in and year-out is competing for a championship.

Greg Bowers

We've been trying to play at Brooke's level, and we've been disappointed in past, but this is an accomplishment.

Andre Iguodala

I was just trying to put on a show.

Robert Fick

I don't give a ----. I was trying to make a play.

Reginald Delk

I don't know. We're soul-searching right now, just trying to get a win.

Shay Espinoza

I don't know why, but that's what they were trying to do: take my baby.

Russ Ortiz

I could see that they were serious, ... Winning's important. I wanted to be a part of what they're trying to accomplish.

Gianfranco Fini

Italy had not activated behavior intended to hide anything from the ally.

Clive Lloyd

I have been very disappointed in the behavior of both teams during this series and I would urge the coaches, captains and managers to get their players together and remind them of the importance of playing in a professional manner.

Mike Birbiglia

I am diagnosed with what's called 'REM behavior disorder.' As far as the disorder goes, there's no cure, but it's going pretty well as far as these things go. I see a sleep doctor, take medication, etc.

Ralph Friedgen

This wasn't very easy for me. It's one of the more difficult things I've done since I've been here. I did what I felt had to be done. The message had to be sent that this kind of behavior will not be tolerated.

Wayne Dyer

Habits are changed by practicing new behaviors, and this is true for mental habits as well.

Stephen R. Covey

Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions. We cansubordinate feelings to values.

Brian Bogosian

RIM must understand that there is no place in the mobile e-mail space for this sort of behavior. RIM should not be able to sell the BlackBerry system.

Terry Abbott

Our office of inspector general is investigating inappropriate behavior at a school-sponsored event held off campus back in February.

Sherry Pfeaster

If you make it easy for the kid to continue their behavior, you're enabling--making excuses, calling in to school if they're hung over.